ZWOLLE, the Netherlands - Fast Forward Wheels BV (FFWD), a hi-end wheel maker based in the Netherlands, has appointed Radial Sports LLC exclusive US distribution rights.

OSAKA, Japan - Shimano reports that last year the company's order-taking was, "Brisk as Shimano products were relatively affordable because of the ...

MIJDRECHT, the Netherlands - After nearly 60 years Sturmey-Archer Europe is leaving Amsterdam. The historic component maker that was taken over by ...

ALLENTOWN, USA - Despite the fact that during the first nine months of 2014 the US imports of bicycles increased by almost 11 percent, "The overall ...

DT Swiss is the first company next to SRAM that offers RS-1 compatible hubs. The RockShox RS-1, the inverted design forks, was introduced earlier in ...

TOKYO, Japan - Shimano's financial statement on the first half of 2014 reports on 'brisk order-taking', 'promising market trends' as well as 'relatively ...

REDDITCH, UK - Bike and car parts retail giant Halfords UK recently acquired Olympic champion Chris Boardman's bike company. UK media reports suggest a ...

BERN, Switzerland - Last week, on May 20, we informed you about the latest developments relating to the use of UCI approved disc brakes at WorldTour ...

SANGERHAUSEN, Germany - Loss-making German bike maker MIFA Mitteldeutsche Fahrradwerke AG is seeking a delay of interest payments for a € 25 million ...

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, USA - Interbike announced the first edition of an annual Interbike Awards event. Nominees and winners will be selected from ...

AMERSFOORT, the Netherlands - Is it the weather, or the economy, or just the plain truth that e-bikes are like iPhone: everybody wants one? Fact is that after the January to September selling-season for bicycles the results show that interest - and with that sales - of e-bikes remained unrelentless huge.

ÁGUEDA, Portugal - Miranda showed at Eurobike a prototype of a power meter which the Portuguese components manufacturer will be releasing to the market shortly. The Miranda Power Meter stands out as it designed to seamlessly integrate with e-bikes.

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - At stand A1-403 ZF Sachs Micro Mobility features its production ready RS drive unit. ZF is the third biggest of the world leading car parts makers that turn to the cycling sector. This 40 billion euro and over 130,000 staffed company has for that brushed off a

AMERSFOORT, the Netherlands - First half year results for the Dutch market indicate that again electric bike sales is showing huge growth. It contrasts sharply with the sale of regular bicycles, which is sinking further and further.

LONDON, UK - Cycle to Work (C2W) is a UK government scheme designed to help employees buy bicycles, e-bikes and cycling accessories to be used for the purpose of cycling to work. It works by rebating tax paid by the employee against the purchase of

TAICHUNG, TAIWAN - To open up the market for shared e-bikes, the Benelux subsidiary of Giant Manufacturing joined the new B2B platform ConnectBike. For this project a robust e-bike, a service concept and sharing platform are being developed.

EASTWOOD, UK - Local UK media reports that Raleigh UK is set to sell its current HQ in Eastwood near Nottingham and move to a UK site that will allow it to "Capitalise on the growing demand for e-bikes".

BOLOGNA, Italy - At the 2018 Milan EICMA two-wheeler show on the booth of Italian motorbike legend Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. e-MTBs made a star appearance. They are named 'Ducati MIG-RR powered by Thok'.

LONDON, UK - An analysis of the UK's HM Revenue and Customs trade statistics comparing Jan-Dec 2017 with the same period for 2018, detailing e-bikes entering the UK under CN code 8711 60 10 shows only a modest increase in the total of units entering the country.

At Eurobike it was clearly noticeable; the earlier this month held Taipei Cycle Show once more underlined this trend. It's about the fact that the number of e-bike motor providers continues to grow strongly. Among the newcomers are some formidable multi-billion euro